refer
Example Sentences
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There was not even one tiny part of me that missed being able to refer to myself as we, so immense was the relief of freeing myself of Vagner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Open appeals against refused asylum applications refer to individuals.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The Powell Fed, in short, offered an unprecedented level of what academics refer to as forward guidance, or indications of any sort that telegraph the likely path of short-term interest rates.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
William Wotton, on the other hand, like Newton, generally used the word to refer to arguments that are false or unsatisfactory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing refer
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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